Nature China has just been updated. Every week, the editors write research highlights to summarize the best research published in mainland China and in Hong Kong. This week’s selection:

Axon differentiation: Dishevelled neurons

The signalling protein Dishevelled helps to regulate axon growth

Microemulsions: A dry mix

Scientists create a microemulsion of two ionic liquids

Nanotubes: Slowly but surely

Single-walled nanotube arrays have been synthesized using ultralow gas-flow deposition

Zinc oxide: Crystal under pressure

A model explains how the crystal structure of zinc oxide is transformed at high pressures

Super-excited states: Change the channel

The super-excited states of fluorine molecules are studied using quantum-defect theory

Fluid dynamics: Understanding Hurricane Katrina

Solutions to the Euler equations provide a means to study a wide range of physical phenomena, including natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.

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